By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Podcast Order
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Jan 20 -- For scam crypto currency OneCoin, Sebastian Greenwood who co-founded the company with Ruja Ignatova was sentenced to 20 years in prison by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Edgardo Ramos on September 12, 2023. Inner City Press was there and live tweeted, thread here
On January 19 Mark Scott, convicted at trial, submitted a heavily redacted sentencing submission, asking for "no more than five years of imprisonment." Inner City Press immediately wrote in seeking to unseal. Later on January 19, the US Attorney's Office asked for 17 years. We'll have more on this.
Inner City Press had sought the unsealing of Greenwood's 33 sentencing letters but with him opposing (citing a Mafia case) and the US Attorney's Office inappropriately taking no position, it was denied. Judge Ramos' order is here.
On October 10, Inner City Press filed Notice of Appeal of the sealing of all of Greenwood's letters. On December 21, represented by pro bono counsel Brian D. Ginsberg of Harris Beech, the request to extend the time to brief this important court transparency appeal was extended, by Second Circuit Judge Jose A. Cabranes, to March 18, 2024, here.
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